Performing Arts Series at JCCC announces interim general manager
Johnson County Community College
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Emily Fowler Behrmann, Lenexa, has been appointed interim general manager of the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College effective Sept. 17, in concert with the opening of the 2009-2010 performing arts season.
As interim general manager, Behrmann will oversee the Performing Arts Series, including fundraising and programming.
Behrmann previously served the college in the JCCC Foundation, most recently as program director of annual campaigns and major gifts. She was the co-director of JCCC’s $20 million capital campaign to raise private funds for the construction of the Regnier Center and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. She continued that success by securing funds for named galleries in the Nerman Museum and Regnier Center, Hiersteiner Center Outdoor Classroom and Oral Health on Wheels mobile dental hygiene unit and grants for the dental hygiene clinic renovation and professional Ruel Joyce Recital and Jazz series.
Behrmann developed and coordinated ongoing fundraising campaigns for the performing arts, visual arts, student scholarships and planned giving. She has directed the Polsky Practical Personal Enrichment Series and managed JCCC alumni activities.
Behrmann earned a bachelor of arts degree in music from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music. Early in her career, she held positions at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Kansas City Symphony and JCCC’s Carlsen Center, where she worked as house manager and volunteer coordinator.
“After 14 years in the JCCC Foundation, I am very excited to be working with the performing arts again. I am an advocate of the arts, and I love the Carlsen Center venue. Yardley Hall is arguably the best acoustical hall in the region. I want to use the space to its full potential,” Behrmann said.
She says her goal is to increase attendance and funding for the Performing Arts Series from individuals and the business community.
“We want to expand the currently offered programs to include events that attract a younger audience,” she said. “Having said that, I want to continue to cater to our longtime audience members who have offered their invaluable support for 19 years.”
Behrmann also recognizes the work of a loyal core of volunteers, many of whom have worked at the Carlsen Center since its dedication in October 1990.
“There are people attending the Performing Arts Series who have been with us from the first performance. We want to continue to present the programs they enjoy as well as broaden our audience,” she said.
Behrmann is herself a fine vocalist having sung with the Kansas City Symphony Chorus and serving on its board. She also volunteers for various community nonprofit organizations.
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